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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? 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 elearning becomes more prolific there is a demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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