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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education technology are making it possible for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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