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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these new open education undertakings. Trainers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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