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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these promising new open education ventures. Researchers want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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