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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online learning are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners 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 numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Guyana to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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