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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in e-learning technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like British Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better perceive these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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