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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in electronic education technology enable people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better understand these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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