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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in elearning technology enable students in every nation on earth to take classes online. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better perceive these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the key 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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