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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in electronic educational technology are empowering people all over 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. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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