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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in e-learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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