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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in e-learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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