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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology have empowered students all over 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. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these open educational endeavours. Professors want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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