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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in online education technology enable 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 MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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