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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled students in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is passable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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