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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning are enabling people all around the world to take courses 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 free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Academics want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This definitive new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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