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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning enable learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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