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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are normally free 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 learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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