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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Open2Study to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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