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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in digital education technology have empowered people all over the world to take courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? 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 organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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