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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in elearning are making it possible for learners all over the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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