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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently 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 several topics that blended learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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