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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online education have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive online 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 online education organizations must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Researchers want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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