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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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