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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in blended learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Trainers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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