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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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