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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in digital education technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners 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 lot of topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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