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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 numerous topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Somalia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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