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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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