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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education enable humans in nations all around 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. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cyprus to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better understand these new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This gripping new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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