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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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