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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students 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 numerous subjects that online learning institutions are struggling with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like San Diego County Office of Education to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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