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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in electronic education technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take courses online. 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. MOOC courses are mostly 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 many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Jersey to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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