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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in e-learning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are several topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Marquette University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also analyzes 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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