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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in elearning have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Saint Helena to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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