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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in elearning are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC 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 experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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