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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online education technology are enabling 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 online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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