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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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