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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in electronic education technology make it possible for students in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently 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 learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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