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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in elearning technology are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently 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 quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to understand these significant new open education endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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