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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in blended learning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always 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 subjects that online education institutions have to consider now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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