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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in e-learning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like American Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Professors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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