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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in online learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. 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 topics that learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also reviews 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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