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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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