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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in blended learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily 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 several issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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