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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in online education technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to take online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like North Seattle Community College to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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