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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always 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 numerous issues that online learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education undertakings. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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