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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education technology are making it possible for humans in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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