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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education are empowering people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are 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 a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Ukraine to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these exciting new open education initiatives. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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