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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in electronic educational technology are enabling students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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