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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Universities want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This new book also studies 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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