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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning have empowered humans all around the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are considering now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better grasp these new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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