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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in blended learning enable students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Norfolk Island to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to understand these fascinating new open education undertakings. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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