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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic educational technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are customarily 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 many issues that elearning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these significant new open educational undertakings. Academics want to know how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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