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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in learning technology enable students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models 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 participants deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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