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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology make it possible for humans all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online 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 institutions handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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