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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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