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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in digital education technology have empowered students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free 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 lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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