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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in online education technology enable people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Arizona State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Scientists want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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