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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning have empowered students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free for students 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 issues that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. People want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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