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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in e-learning enable learners all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these compelling new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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