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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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