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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in digital education technology are empowering humans all around the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are many topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Kingman Reef to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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