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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in digital education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Scientists want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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