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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Students want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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