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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in online education technology enable humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOC courses are usually free for students 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 subjects that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to understand these exciting new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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