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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are customarily 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 several subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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