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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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