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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online education have enabled humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these important new open education endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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