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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning technology enable students in nations all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not 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 e-learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Cyprus to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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