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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance 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 quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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