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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in elearning make it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Albania to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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