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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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