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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education technology have enabled students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free for learners 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 numerous subjects that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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