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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in electronic education technology enable humans all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are typically free for students 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 quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Nicaragua to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these compelling new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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