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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for students 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 a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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