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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily 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 a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Public servants want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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