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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online education technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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