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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners 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. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Papua New Guinea to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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