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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily 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 several topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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