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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in e-learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free 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 a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Arizona State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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