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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in elearning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free 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 organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these open education endeavours. Scientists want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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