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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners 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 quite a few issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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