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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in distance learning have empowered learners all over the world to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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