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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Estonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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