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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Solomon Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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