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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in elearning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Professors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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