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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are free for students 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 numerous topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to be more aware of these open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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