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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in electronic educational 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. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. People want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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