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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in online learning enable students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that elearning organizations are considering now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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