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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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