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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free 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 issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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