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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in online education technology have enabled people all over 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. MOOC classes are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Teachers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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