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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Saudi Arabia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better grasp these compelling new open education ventures. Scholars want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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