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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest changes in distance learning technology enable students all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently 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 a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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