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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in elearning are making it possible for people all over the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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