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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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