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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online learning enable people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free 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 quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to understand these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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