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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are many issues that online education organizations must deal with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these compelling new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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