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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take 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. These MOOC classes are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations have to consider now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Poland to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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