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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic education technology are making it possible for students in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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