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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in e-learning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are normally free for learners 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 distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Kenya to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these open education ventures. Universities want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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