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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly 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. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Solomon Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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