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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online education technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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