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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology enable people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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