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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free 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 quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also studies the major 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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