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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic educational technology have enabled humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Instructors want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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