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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online education technology enable people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Swaziland to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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