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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in electronic education technology make it possible for students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are almost always 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 a lot of issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like French Guiana to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these exciting new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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