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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how 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 MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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