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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning are enabling students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these significant new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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