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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education technology are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are normally free for learners 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 e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business 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 dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these important new open education initiatives. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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