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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education have provided the means for students all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are mostly 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 many topics that online learning organizations are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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