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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online learning have empowered people all over the world to take part in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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