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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning enable people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners 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 numerous subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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