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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. 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. These massive open courses are mostly free 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 quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Libya to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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