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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning have enabled students all around the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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