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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are almost always 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 many issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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