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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in elearning have provided the means for students all over the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these compelling new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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