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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning make it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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