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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Guatemala to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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