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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in blended learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. 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 elearning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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