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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology enable humans all over the world to take part in classes online. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students 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 a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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