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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in elearning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently 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. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Gabon to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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