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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners 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 a lot of issues that online learning organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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