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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in blended learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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