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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in electronic educational technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open education ventures. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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