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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Faroe Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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