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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in online learning technology are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open 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 several subjects that learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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