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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online education enable students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are normally 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 many subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Zambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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