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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in e-learning have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these compelling new open education endeavours. Teachers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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