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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. People want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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