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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in blended learning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations must deal with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to understand these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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