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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in online education technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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