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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in digital education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always 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 numerous subjects that e-learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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