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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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