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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in digital education technology enable people all over the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education ventures. Scholars want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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