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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning technology enable learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are typically free 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 a lot of subjects that elearning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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