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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in electronic education technology have enabled learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Palau to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these significant new open education undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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