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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily 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 a variety of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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