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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in online learning have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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