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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in all parts of 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. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Costa Rica to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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