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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other participants desire to better grasp these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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