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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education have empowered learners all over the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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