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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are commonly 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 a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-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 make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Belarus to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these promising new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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