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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Universities want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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