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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online learning have enabled students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for students 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 variety of issues that online learning institutions are struggling with now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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