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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in e-learning technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Columbia University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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