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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in e-learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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