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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in electronic education technology are enabling learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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