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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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