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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily 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 organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education initiatives. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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