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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are almost always 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 quite a few topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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