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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different 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 experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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