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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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