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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are commonly 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 variety of topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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