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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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