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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in distance learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not 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 a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Santa Clara University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these new open education endeavours. Students want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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