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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are customarily 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 several subjects that online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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