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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic educational technology are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open education ventures. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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