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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in e-learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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