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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in digital education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are 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 topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open education endeavours. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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