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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that elearning institutions have to consider now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations 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 institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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