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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOCs are commonly free for students 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 many issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to better understand these significant new open education ventures. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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