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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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