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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOC courses are almost always 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 a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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