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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education technology have enabled humans in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not consistently 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 topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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