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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in electronic educational technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. 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. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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