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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not 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 variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Algeria to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these significant new open education initiatives. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also examines the most important 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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