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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled learners in nations all aver the world to take online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better grasp these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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