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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This amazing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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