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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. 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 technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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