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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online education have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning organizations are having to consider today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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