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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in blended learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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