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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in electronic educational technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOCs are free for students but do not always 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 topics that online learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Albania to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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