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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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