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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in e-learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always 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 distance learning institutions have to consider today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sierra Leone to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Academics want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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