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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free 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 lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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