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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these promising new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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