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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not 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 a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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