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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in blended learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like The Ohio State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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