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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in elearning have made it possible for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners 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 issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Samoa to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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