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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in elearning are providing the means for people all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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