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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in e-learning enable humans in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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