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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in e-learning are empowering people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students 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 a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to understand these compelling new open education endeavours. Corporations want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also addresses 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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