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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in digital education technology are providing the means for humans in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like CaltechX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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