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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are normally 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 a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Educators want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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