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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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