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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Nicaragua to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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