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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Scholars want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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