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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education technology have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these interesting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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