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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in blended learning have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these intriguing new open education ventures. Researchers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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