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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic educational technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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