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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online education technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are generally 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 online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these open education initiatives. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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