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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to better understand these significant new open educational endeavours. Professors want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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