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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in e-learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are free 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 quite a few issues that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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