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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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