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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Professors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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