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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in blended learning have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations have to consider now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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