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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in online education are making it possible for humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. People want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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