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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in blended learning are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these new open educational undertakings. People want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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