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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. 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 quite a few issues that online education institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Vatican City to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these exciting new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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