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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic educational technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly 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 many issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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