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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not always 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 issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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