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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning have provided the means for learners in nations all aver the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. 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 technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also investigates the 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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