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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free 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 subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Burundi to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these compelling new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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