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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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