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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education enable students in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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