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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not 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 numerous issues that learning technology institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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