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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic educational technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. 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 consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions are considering today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC San Diego to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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