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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in digital education technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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