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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in elearning have provided the means for students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Samoa to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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