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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning technology are enabling humans all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not consistently 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 issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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