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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in elearning are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Seychelles to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental 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 educators deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these new open education undertakings. Public servants want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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