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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning technology are enabling humans all over the world to take classes online. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Kentucky to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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