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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling learners all over the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models 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 teachers deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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