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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. People want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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