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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in digital education technology make it possible for students all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always 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 variety of issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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