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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners 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 numerous subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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