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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take online courses. 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. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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