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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic education technology enable people all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are usually 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 many subjects that e-learning institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like New Zealand to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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