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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants 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 courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations have to consider today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. People want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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