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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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