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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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