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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners 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 numerous subjects that e-learning institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Chile to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Universities want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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