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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online education have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not always 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 many subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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