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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently 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 several subjects that online learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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