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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in digital education technology have empowered humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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