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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online education enable humans in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily 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 quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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