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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Italy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Professors want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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