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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in elearning are making it possible for students all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently 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 many topics that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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