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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly free 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 many subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Somalia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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