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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in e-learning have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally 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 several topics that learning technology institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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