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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are several subjects that learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Chile to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. People want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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