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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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