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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners 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 a lot of issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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