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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in elearning have enabled humans all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Students want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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