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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning have empowered people all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently 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 issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Romania to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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