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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in e-learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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