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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning are enabling students all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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