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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in electronic education technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always 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 a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like South Ossetia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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