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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education are providing the means for people all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are usually free for students 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 several issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like Faroe Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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