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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in online education have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly 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 issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. People want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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