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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in electronic education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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