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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in elearning are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not 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 subjects that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Nigeria to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to understand these important new open educational experiments. People want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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