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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New changes in online education have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students 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 variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Guinea to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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