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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in electronic educational technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily 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 quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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