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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in blended learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions must deal with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Universities want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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