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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in e-learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners 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 numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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