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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually 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 a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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