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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can we certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like American College of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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