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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in online education make it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students 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 learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Benin to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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