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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better perceive these interesting new open educational endeavours. Students want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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