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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are almost always 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 many subjects that e-learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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