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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in elearning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. 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 e-learning institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Senegal to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. People want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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