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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online education have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily 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 issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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