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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in elearning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC classes are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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