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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in e-learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily 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 quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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