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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning technology are empowering learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. 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 topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Kiribati to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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