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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic educational technology have enabled students all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions must deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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