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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in digital education technology are empowering people all over the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are 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 quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Svalbard to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these compelling new open educational ventures. Teachers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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