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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free 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 topics that learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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