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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in blended learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like American Samoa to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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