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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in learning technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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