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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in blended learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better grasp these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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