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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online learning make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes 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 topics that online education organizations must deal with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Czech Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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