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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in electronic education technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners 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 distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Berklee College of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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