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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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