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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology are enabling learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always 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 variety of topics that elearning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like McHenry County College to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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