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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not 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 topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better understand these promising new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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