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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic educational technology enable students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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