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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are customarily free 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 subjects that distance learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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