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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning have empowered people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these important new open education ventures. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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