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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in distance learning are empowering people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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