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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in e-learning enable people all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Instructors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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