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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in blended learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cyprus to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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