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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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