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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in elearning are empowering students in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are struggling with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can organizations make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado System to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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