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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education endeavours. Professors want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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