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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology are empowering people in nations 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. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? How can educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Students want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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