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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in elearning enable people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are free 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 several issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Universities want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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