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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning technology are empowering students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions certify that educators 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 original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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