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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in learning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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