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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in online education are empowering humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are considering now that learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs) Definition