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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in elearning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. 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 issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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