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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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