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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in e-learning are making it possible for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. 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 massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand 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 resource issues. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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