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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Universities want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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