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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in digital education technology have empowered learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free 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 organizations are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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