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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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