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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily 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 a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are considering today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like El Salvador to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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