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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in digital education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also discusses 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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