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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online education technology have empowered learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently 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 elearning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC San Diego to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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