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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning are empowering students in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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