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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education are making it possible for students in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to consider today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Public servants want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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