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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are generally 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 technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Niue to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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