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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in e-learning have enabled people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners 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 numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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