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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online learning enable people all around the world to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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