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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in e-learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Boston University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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