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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these compelling new open education endeavours. Researchers want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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