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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in electronic educational technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. People want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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