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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better understand these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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