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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in elearning are providing the means for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Brazil to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Educators want to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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