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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in digital education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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