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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic education technology have empowered humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily 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 a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Isle of Man to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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