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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in blended learning technology enable people all over the world to take classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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