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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education enable people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are typically 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 issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can organizations make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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