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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses 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 a variety of subjects that online education organizations are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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