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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning have empowered students all around the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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