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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in blended learning are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free 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 a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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