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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in electronic education technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes 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 several issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education initiatives. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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