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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are considering more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Kentucky to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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