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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily 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 issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Burkina Faso to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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