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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. 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 learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to better grasp these significant new open educational endeavours. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This amazing new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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