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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in elearning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently 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 subjects that elearning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Ashmore and Cartier Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to understand these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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