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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning enable learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free but do not always 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 several subjects that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Ashmore and Cartier Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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