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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning have empowered humans all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently 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 distance learning institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like San Diego County Office of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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