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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also researches the 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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