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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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