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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in elearning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these open educational initiatives. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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