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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in blended learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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