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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in elearning technology enable students all around the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also addresses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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