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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally 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 a variety of topics that online learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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