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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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