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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in blended learning have enabled people all over the world to take part 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. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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