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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in online education have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are mostly free for students 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 subjects that elearning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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