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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses 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 lot of topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these open education initiatives. People want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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