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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What 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 educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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