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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in e-learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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