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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in digital education technology enable students in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free 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 numerous topics that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Gambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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