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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are 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 quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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