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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners 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 a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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