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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online learning have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. 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 learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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