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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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