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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in electronic education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always 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 lot of topics that online education organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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