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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning are empowering students all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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