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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online education are empowering learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are typically 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 quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these fascinating new open educational ventures. Educators want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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