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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in blended learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to understand these fascinating new open education ventures. Trainers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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