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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. 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 educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Poland to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these exciting new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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