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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in elearning have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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