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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in e-learning have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Sudan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education initiatives. Corporations want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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