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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online learning are enabling people all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. People want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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