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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in elearning technology are empowering learners all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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