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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning enable students all over the world to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions have to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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