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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not 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 many topics that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can teachers certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to understand these open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs)