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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in elearning have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are typically 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 numerous issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Ecuador to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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