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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students 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 many topics that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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