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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in learning technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also researches the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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