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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students 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 institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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