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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in digital education technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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