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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently 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 quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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