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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in online learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified 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 MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to understand these interesting new open educational undertakings. Students want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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