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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology have empowered students all over the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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