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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily 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 a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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