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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are almost always 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 a lot of topics that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Scottsdale Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these new open education ventures. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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