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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in blended learning technology enable students all over the world to participate in online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. 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. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. 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 certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Brunei to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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