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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational undertakings. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the 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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