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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in elearning technology are enabling humans in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. 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 learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This exciting new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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