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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOCs are ordinarily free 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 topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Kirkwood Community College to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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