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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning have enabled students in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 many issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? 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 organizations like Georgia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these important new open educational ventures. Universities want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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