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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are free for learners 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that online education organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cook Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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