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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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