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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. 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 elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Boston University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also researches the 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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