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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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