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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online 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 a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Scientists want to know how MOOCs can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this increasing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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