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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education technology are making it possible for students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily 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 quite a few issues that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Kirkwood Community College to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education ventures. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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