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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Czech Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other stakeholders want to understand these important new open education endeavours. Trainers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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