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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. 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 massively open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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