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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in e-learning technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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