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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in elearning enable people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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