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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online learning have empowered learners all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly 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 a lot of issues that online learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these important new open educational undertakings. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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