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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in elearning technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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