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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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