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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning have empowered people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally 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 several issues that online learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Guernsey to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. People want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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