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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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