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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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