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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning have enabled learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not 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 education organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Bhutan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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