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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic educational technology make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. 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 MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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