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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in online learning have empowered people all around the world to take online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Bolivia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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