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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education technology have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not 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 numerous topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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