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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in online learning have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are 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 lot of issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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