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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in online education have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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