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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in digital education technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations have to consider now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better comprehend these open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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