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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in digital education technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOCs are commonly free 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 quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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