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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in e-learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider 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 participants ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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