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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online education have enabled students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are almost always 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 a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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