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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online education technology have made it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations must deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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