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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of New Mexico to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these exciting new open education endeavours. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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