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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in e-learning make it possible for students in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to understand these important new open education endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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