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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning are empowering learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners 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 several issues that online learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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