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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in blended learning have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. 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 always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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