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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in learning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open educational initiatives. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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