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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in learning technology are empowering students all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these intriguing new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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