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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online education are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also considers 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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