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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in elearning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners 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 numerous topics that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. People want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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