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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily 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 several topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Corporations want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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