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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online learning enable people all over the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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