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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not consistently 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 issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Houston System to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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