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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that elearning institutions are considering in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Argentina to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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