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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in electronic education technology enable humans all over the world to participate in classes online. 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 online MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these fascinating new open education ventures. Teachers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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