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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in electronic education technology are enabling people all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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