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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 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 educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Latvia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these interesting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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