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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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