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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually 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 several topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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