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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in e-learning make it possible for people all around the world to take online courses. 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. These MOOC courses are normally 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 a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Madagascar to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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