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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in elearning enable people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for students 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 numerous subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Namibia to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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