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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not 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 quite a few topics that e-learning organizations have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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