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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning are empowering students in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly 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 many topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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