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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners 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 a lot of topics that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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