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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in e-learning technology are enabling students all around the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are 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 numerous issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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