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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education technology are enabling learners all over the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are typically 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 quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Rwanda to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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