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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in elearning technology enable students all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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