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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education have enabled students all around the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. 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 technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Renton Technical College to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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