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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in electronic education technology are empowering learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students 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 several subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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