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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in e-learning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. 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 online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to better perceive these compelling new open education endeavours. People want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This gripping new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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