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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in blended learning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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