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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in electronic education technology enable humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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