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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in electronic education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other participants would like to be more aware of these open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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