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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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