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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in electronic education technology have empowered people all over the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are free 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 elearning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This gripping new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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