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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning enable learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. 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. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Niger to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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