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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in online education technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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