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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically 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 subjects that elearning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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