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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online learning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Universities want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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