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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to understand these open educational experiments. Trainers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also addresses 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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