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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are struggling with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Kiribati to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Academics want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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