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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are generally 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 many issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Arizona State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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