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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in elearning make it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily 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 a variety of topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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