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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these open educational initiatives. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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