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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. 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. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Somaliland to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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