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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in elearning are enabling students all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are generally free 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 distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to better grasp these intriguing new open education ventures. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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