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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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