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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for students all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are generally 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Trainers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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