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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC San Diego to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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