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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC classes are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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