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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in digital education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in classes 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 free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Great Basin College to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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