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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in digital education technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily 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 quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these significant new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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