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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually 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 numerous topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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