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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are mostly free 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 topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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