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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in electronic educational technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOC courses are commonly 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 lot of issues that distance learning institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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