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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online learning technology have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are considering today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business 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 organizations get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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