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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in blended learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mayotte to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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