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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning 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 schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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