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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering students in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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