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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in e-learning technology enable learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses 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 a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like American Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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