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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in online education are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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