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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these fascinating new open education initiatives. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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