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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students 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 quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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