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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning are empowering humans all around the world to participate in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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