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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always 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 issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Mongolia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to better understand these promising new open educational undertakings. Professors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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