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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs 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 quite a few topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Baker Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other participants would like to understand these new open educational ventures. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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