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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in e-learning have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are normally 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 several topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these important new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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