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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in online education have enabled humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not 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 variety of topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like New Zealand to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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