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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in digital education technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Cambodia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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