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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in digital education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Corporations want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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