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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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