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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in elearning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always 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 organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Bouvet Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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