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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in electronic educational technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these open education endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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