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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning technology are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these important new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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