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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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