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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions are having to consider now that learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these interesting new open education undertakings. Teachers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this expanding need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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