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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in electronic educational technology have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not 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 a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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