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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in online education make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free 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 quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education undertakings. Educators want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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