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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning technology make it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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