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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning technology are enabling students all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies 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 in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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