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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online learning are empowering people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners 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 a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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