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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily 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 quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Nicaragua to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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