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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education technology are enabling people all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are usually free 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 quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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