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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners 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 distance learning institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Tonga to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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