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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in blended learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always 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 numerous topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Italy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better understand these new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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