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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in distance learning technology enable humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like North Seattle Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to understand these new open education undertakings. Teachers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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