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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in elearning enable people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Meetup to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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