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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in digital education technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a growing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these important new open educational endeavours. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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