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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Trainers want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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