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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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