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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in blended learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these important new open education ventures. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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