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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in blended learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Professors want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also addresses the 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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