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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education ventures. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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