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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are normally free for students 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 many issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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