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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in electronic education technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that teachers 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 teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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