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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in online learning have empowered humans all over 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. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations must deal with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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