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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in online education have enabled people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always 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 a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to be more aware of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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