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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning have enabled people all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are normally free for students 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 elearning institutions have to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Marshall Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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