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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in elearning technology are making it possible for students all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are typically free for students 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 a lot of topics that distance learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Botswana to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Students want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also researches the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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