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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in blended learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better understand these significant new open educational undertakings. Universities want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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