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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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