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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in technology-enhanced learning are empowering learners all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions 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 participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to understand these important new open educational undertakings. People want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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