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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in e-learning make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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