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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in electronic education technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Tumblr to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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