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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Kentucky to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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