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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively 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 lot of issues that online learning institutions have to deal with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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