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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners 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 a variety of topics that e-learning organizations are having to consider today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coral Sea Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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