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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education technology have provided the means for learners in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently 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 numerous topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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