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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in digital education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Academics want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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