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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in digital education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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