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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in blended learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better perceive these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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