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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online education are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. People want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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