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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in elearning have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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