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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education have enabled students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational ventures. People want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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