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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic educational technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these new open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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