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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are normally 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 many issues that online learning organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Indonesia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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