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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to consider now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scientists want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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