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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Professors want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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