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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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