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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in digital education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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