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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for learners 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 quite a few issues that learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Latvia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to understand these compelling new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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