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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in digital education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are considering now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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