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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in elearning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently 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 elearning organizations have to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Fiji to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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