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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education ventures. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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