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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These 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 quite a few topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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