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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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