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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in learning technology have enabled students in nations all aver the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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