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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in e-learning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always 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 many issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Belarus to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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